• Myxomycete diversity in Costa Rica 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Rojas Camacho, Pedro; Lado Rodríguez, Carlos (2018-04)
      An updated analysis of myxomycete diversity in Costa Rica is provided herein as a product of an extensive data mining-based study intended to normalize the information on myxomycetes from that country. Within the context ...
    • Myxomycete ecology along an elevation gradient on Cocos Island, Costa Rica 

      Rojas Alavarado, Carlos Alonso; Stephenson, Steven L. (2008)
      The marine biota of Cocos Island is well known; however, the terrestrial biota is poorly understood. In an effort to document the myxomycetes of the island and to determine their ecological distribution along an elevation ...
    • Myxomycete ecology in urban areas: rapid assessment from two cities 

      Rincón Marín, Carolina; García Chaves, María Carolina; Valverde González, Randall; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso (2021-02-25)
      Urban ecology has been an understudied topic in myxomycete research. For that reason, the present investigation aimed to generate data related to myxomycetes in urban areas of the Neotropical region. With an approach of ...
    • Myxomycetes associated with bryophyte mats in San Ramón, Costa Rica 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Stephenson, Steven L. (2022)
      Myxomycete-bryophyte associations have been studied mostly in temperate regions of the world. Data from tropical regions are much more limited. The interesting landscape configuration of the San Ramón area in Costa Rica, ...
    • Myxomycetes collected in the eastern United States and patterns of relative biodiversity 

      Stephenson, Steven L.; Stauffacher, Richard; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso (2020-01-05)
      A total of 68 315 digitised records of myxomycetes from the eastern United States were compiled from all readily available sources. After cleaning the database for inconsistencies, 58 594 records remained that were ...
    • Myxomycetes of Thailand 

      Ko Ko, Thida Win; Hanh, Tran T.M.; Stephenson, Steven L.; Mitchell, David William; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Hyde, Kevin David; Lumyong, Saisamong; Bahkali, Ali H. (2010)
      After the first report of myxomycetes from Thailand in 1902, there were only a few papers dealing specifically with these organisms over the following 85 years. In 2004, intensive ecological studies of myxomycetes began ...
    • Myxomycetes within ecotones in temperate and tropical forests 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Valverde González, Randall; Somerville, Stephanie; Rollins, Adam W.; Stephenson, Steven L. (2021)
      Ecotones are interesting portions of forests where microorganisms can be studied for monitoring and diversity purposes. Given the faster life cycle of these organisms, their study in such a context is important to develop ...
    • Natural History and Larval Behavior of the parasitoid Zatypota petronae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) 

      Weng, Ju Lin; Barrantes Montero, Gilbert (2007)
      The koinobiont ectoparasitoid Zatypota petronae Gauld (Ichneumonidae) parasitizes medium-sized immatures of the cobweb spider Theridion evexum Keyserling (Theridiidae). Zatypota petronae apparently attacks the spider inside ...
    • Natural history, courtship, feeding behaviour and parasites of Theridion evexum (Araneae: Theridiidae) 

      Barrantes Montero, Gilbert; Weng, Ju Lin (2007)
      Theridion evexum constructs webs in the understory of wet middle-elevation forests in Costa Rica. The spiders construct retreats by curling a leaf and produce a mesh in front of the opening. Long, more or less vertical ...
    • Near-neighbor tropical epiphytic orchids keep distinct mycorrhizal communities across their distribution in Costa Rica 

      Fernández Campos, Melania; Cedeño Fonseca, Marco Vinicio; Sharma, Jyotsna (2022)
      Environmental and biotic axes act in combination to define the ecological niches of plant species. Two species with shared physical space are expected to compete for access to water and nutrients. In hyper-diverse areas ...
    • Neither insects nor wind: ambophily in dioecious Chamaedorea palms (Arecaceae) 

      Ríos Reyes, Luis Diego; Fuchs Castillo, Eric J.; Hodel, Donald R.; Cascante Marín, Alfredo (2014)
      Pollination of Neotropical dioecious trees is commonly related to generalist insects. Similar data for non‐tree species with separated genders are inconclusive. Recent studies on pollination of dioecious Chamaedorea palms ...
    • Neotropical Birds Respond Innately to Unfamiliar Acoustic Signals 

      Sandoval Vargas, Luis Andrés; Wilson, David R. (2022)
      Many animals respond to heterospecific signals that indicate the presence of food or predators. Although the benefits of responding are clear, the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms underlying responses are not. Whether ...
    • Neotropical flowering epiphyte diversity: local composition and geographic affinities 

      Cascante Marín, Alfredo; Nivia Ruiz, Angela (2013)
      Worldwide, the highest diversity of vascular epiphytic plants resides in the Neotropics. The general pattern of taxonomic composition of the neotropical epiphytic flora has been described, but information regarding the ...
    • Neotropical freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) shred leaves 

      Yang, Carol; Wehrtmann, Ingo S.; Wenger, Seth J.; Rugenski, Amanda T. (2020)
      Freshwater crabs are macroconsumers that are commonly found in Neotropical headwater streams that may play a key role in energy flow and nutrient cycling in detrital food webs. Although studies have examined the feeding ...
    • Nephila clavipes spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae) keep track of captured prey counts: testing for a sense of numerosity in an orb-weaver 

      Rodríguez, Rafael Lucas; Briceño Lobo, Daniel; Briceño Aguilar, Eduardo; Höbel, Gerlinde (Animal Cognition DOI 10.1007/s10071-014-0801-9, 2014-08-28)
      Nephila clavipes golden orb-web spiders accumulate prey larders on their webs and search for them if they are removed from their web. Spiders that lose larger larders (i.e., spiders that lose larders consisting of more ...
    • Nest and eggs of the southern Central American endemic Tawny-chested Flycatcher Aphanotriccus capitalis 

      Sandoval Vargas, Luis Andrés (2017)
      The Aphanotriccus, Lathrotriccus and Cnemotriccus clade (Cicero & Johnson 2002, Ohlson et al. 2008, Tello et al. 2009) comprises five species of tyrant flycatcher that inhabit dense second growth, disturbed forest, riverine ...
    • Nest architecture and parental care in Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus 

      Sánchez Pérez, Julio E.; Conejo Barboza, Karla; Sánchez Morales, César; Fonseca Arce, Ariel A.; Tenorio Brenes, Javier; Sandoval Vargas, Luis Andrés (2018)
      We complement the only existing nest description for Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus and include observations of nestbuilding and breeding behaviour. We also compare our data with existing information on nest ...
    • Nest daily survival rate of six Costa Rican urban birds 

      Ramírez Fernández José Daniel; Barrantes Montero, Gilbert (2020-12)
      The advance of urbanization in Neotropical countries has drastically changed or eliminated extensive areas of natural habitats. Despite these changes, some species breed in cities and adapt to urban conditions. Several ...
    • Nest design and parental care of Striped Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus 

      Conejo Barboza, Karla; Sánchez Morales, César; Sandoval Vargas, Luis Andrés; Greeney, Harold F. (2020)
      The western and trans-Andean populations of Striped Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus are sometimes considered separate species. We discuss previously published data on the nesting of Striped Woodhaunter and present novel ...
    • Nest initiation by multiple females in an aerial-nesting orchid bee, Euglossa cybelia (Apidae: Euglossini) 

      Solano Brenes, Diego; Fernández Otárola, Mauricio; Hanson Snortun, Paul (2018)
      Among orchid bees that have been observed, nest initiation by multiple females is rare, and has never been reported from an aerial-nesting species. Here, we document nest initiation by multiple females in the aerial-nesting ...